[silverc4s]

Well, I have been a non smoker for over 15 years now. Quit virtually cold turkey after 40 years of pack a day smoking.
I was in California at the time, made it easier because the anti smoking police were very active there already, so it was a PITA to have a smoke.
One very important thing- you must really want to quit, or you will fail. I tried the patch for about 5 days, but was having really bizarre nightmares, so I decided to carry a patch in my pocket, in case I started dying for some nicotine, I could run in the loo and slap it on real quick. Never needed to - just knowing I had it was enough.
My other crutch was Ricolas. I carried a box of those tough little gumdrops and popped one whenever i started thinking of smoking. Worked for me; a few months and all I had to do was taper off the Damn Ricola habit. I will never smoke again, and in some ways I really enjoyed smoking at the time. It's over for me.